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Nick was always desperate for him to play :)

If we had been in the market for wingers he is one I would have liked us to have shown interest in. Still very few players signed by other Championship clubs that I would have liked us to sign though.

Shrewsbury Town :)

Pretty sure it was McAllister's debut too!

Remember the last time we played Forest first game of the season - was a bit of a disaster 😧

I view myself as having a 'glass half empty' view of CCFC, probably as a means of coping with the many disappointments that usually come with supporting a football club, but you're taking it to a whole new level. In respect of Badlan, I would point out that the majority of signings made by all...

There are very few players bought so far by other Championship clubs that would have significantly improved us, with the majority being distinctly average. While Badlan will undoubtedly be on the case, MR and any players we are likely to be interested in signing will be on holiday at the moment...

Phil Masinga spotted at KFC. Must have been the the first of the 'in the know' internet message board rumours alongside those from Jim the Gateman, a kind of precursor to the recent Bristol City 3 & Gilmour rumours. Not the last to be completely wrong though :)

Ha ha yes. We did end up with Ashley Grimes instead though 😧 Another one that came back to me was when Dave Sexton became manager and we were rumoured to be signing Mike Duxbury & Steve Coppell.

When Bobby Gould was manager his first signing looked like it would be Mick Fillery from Chelsea but he chose QPR instead.

Yes Waddle came down from the North East with Ray Gooding who we signed instead. Staying on the Charlton theme from the Lee Bowyer days am sure about the same time we were also reported to be in for Richard Rufus.

Another one I think we were close to signing was Lee Bowyer. It was just before we signed McAllister, but then Leeds came in and pipped us.

Agreed, but Bundesliga would be even more positive, as would playing for a top end Championship club rather than a middling one.

Exactly, any points deduction, meaning relegation will almost certainly result in Derby heading to the Courts, which could be really problematic for the start of the upcoming season. The simplest solution for the EFL would be for any points deduction to apply next season, which I therefore think...

I would be amazed if the EFL relegated Derby.

It would be brilliant for us too and I would love it to be true, but if you take off the Sky Blue Specs for a second, you should ask yourself why he or Chelsea would prefer us over teams more likely to be fighting for promotion, or indeed say a team in the Bundesliga. The only reason would be if...

Chelsea might be more tempted to keep him with them in view of his Euro performance. If not, and presuming Chelsea don't want to let him play for another PL team I would be amazed if we were chosen over the likes of say West Brom or Fulham. In regards to alerting new interested parties, maybe...

For those starting to get their knickers in a twist about this, I hate to make it worse for you, but in the last tradional pre season to compare to in League 1 we didn't sign O'Hare, Walsh & Godden until after the season had already started. Sometimes circumstances just mean you have to play a...

If its from 96 its gonna be Prem top heavy. I'll go in no particular order Ndlovu, Whelan, Dublin, Huckerby, Nilsson, Froggatt, Boateng, Keane, Hadji & Wise.

Burns is a right sided wing back isn't he? While we have both Dabo and Da Costa at the club, and with the likes of Burroughs & Eccles who can also fill in there, I think we have more pressing needs elsewhere in the team - left wing back for one.